Erie student earns perfect SAT score

Two Cathedral Preparatory School students have earned bragging rights at the school with exceptionally high college entrance test scores, including one student's perfect 2,400 on the SAT.

Senior Shaun Evans, 18, of Millcreek Township, earned the perfect SAT score on his second attempt at the test. His classmate Andrew Wilcox, 17, also of Millcreek Township, scored a 35 out of a possible 36 on the ACT test, a feat Evans achieved in 2012.

"I was really surprised and happy when I saw the score," Evans said.

A total of 1.66 million students took the SAT this year. Just 494 of those, including Evans, were able to achieve a perfect score. A typical test taker scored roughly 1,500.